La Paradeta la Vila de Gràcia (Torrent) — Restaurant in Barcelona

Great place to taste different sea food at one place! Everything fresh, nicely cooked in a nice atmosphere.

First U choose exactly from an "ice table" what would U like to eat and how it should be prepared. Then at a bar U decide if U want any bread or drinks and pay.

Then U sit and wait untill the number of Your Order/Table will be called. One problem is that... it is called only in Spanish/Catalan. They really should call it also in English or put like small display on which the customers would see the ready to pick orders.

And one another small remark to the owner - U should not serve at the same time so many different dishes. We took many dishes and got all fried at the same time and then again all grilled also at the same time. Which meant that some of them were cold when I tried to eat at the same time 3 different plates of fried or grilled food.

Besides that...

I loved the original Paradetas. They really were temples for seafood lovers. My first one was at the one in Born. Then, after it opened, my favorite was the one in Eixample near Passeig de Gracia. Right across the street from one of my regular hotels. Sadly, the ownership splintered a few years ago. The Born location became a Puertocillo, and the Eixample one a Chao Pescao. The food quality and service level fell off a cliff in both places. It was so sad. Thankfully, the original Paradeta brand still services brilliantly. Love this location. Modern, clean, a large comfortable dining room. The classic experience. Simple cooking of great seafood at a fair price. Still great value. Totally worth the trek out to Gracia to pray at...

La Paradeta gets more and more amazing with time! We came around ~9ish for dinner - the usual crowd was still not there. We had plenty of time to choose and discuss what we want over the counter. We had calamari, tuna, gambas, pulpitos and some little shells. The food was AMAZING! I have never eaten such a nice and fresh seafood. And the best part is that you can taste the original taste - without any unnecessary spices or sauces. Take some bread and green salad - it is a very nice supplement. The only challenge was that the staff spoke almost no English, but we managed to get around with our limited Spanish just fine. It even felt more original that way! Really highly...